Bill Gates
Despite the divorce, he still wears his wedding ring
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After 27 years of marriage, Melinda and Bill Gates divorce. The Microsoft co-founder has not taken off his wedding ring.
When he attended an online conference with the US Chamber of Commerce, Bill Gates, 65, turned on the camera to join the conversation, according to celebrity website TMZ. It’s one of his first public appearances since the surprise news of divorce. What is noticeable is that on the entrepreneur’s left hand, his golden wedding ring still glitters unmistakably.
Bill and Melinda Gates have been married for 27 years
Despite having filed for divorce, the 65-year-old doesn’t seem to want to let go completely. That would not be surprising, after all, he and Melinda Gates, 56, have been married for 27 years. With a detailed statement, the couple had. “After careful consideration and a lot of work on our relationship, we made the decision to end our marriage,” it said, among other things.
Spicy details about Gates’ affair
Since this surprising news, more and more piquant details have come to light. If you believe media reports, Gates doesn’t seem to have taken his loyalty too seriously in recent years. So earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal revealed that. At the end of 2019, she asked for a job change in a letter to the company’s management due to her affair with Bill Gates, and also demanded that Melinda should also receive this letter. It is not known whether the 56-year-old actually received it, but her husband’s affair did not remain a secret.
Continuation of her work with the “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation”
In addition to 27 years of marriage and a ring, Bill and Melinda Gates have much more in common. Together they became the parents of three children who are now all adults: son Rory, 21, and daughters Jennifer, 25, and Phoebe, 18. “Over the past 27 years we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that supports it to enable everyone around the world to lead a healthy and productive life, “the Twitter statement said. Despite their separation, Bill Gates and his still-wife want to continue their work with their joint organization “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation”.
Sources used: tmz.com, twitter.com